A new listing app is being tested among agents which claims to do the job within five minutes, allowing agents to list a property from their mobile phones.
The iPhone app, launched by Wigwamm, is said to create professional property listings within a few taps.
Founder Rayhan Rafiq Omar said: “The app is so simple and doesn’t require agents to type out descriptions. Everything is covered quickly and accurately.”
The app is being launched in beta mode ahead of Rightmove’s roll-out of real-time listings, and is currently being tried out by around 30 agents.
The Wigwamm app will probably cost around £45 per branch per month.
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"...that is how pro active estate agents can be... "
Oh, dear, 'Tech Entrepreneur'...
If you think that slapping a property on t'interweb a wee bit faster is being "proactive", then you are also the kind of person who goes to the loo AFTER the event has taken place.
Shame, really...
Estate agents are so stupid and negative when it comes to new tech, there's no point wasting time or money trying to innovate for them.
Wigwam - nice app but I'd take your talents to a different market, one that has early adopters and people that get excited with new tech releases.
Let RM do the work so that agents can in turn continue complaining about their market share and fee hikes - that is how pro active estate agents can be...
I feel for these guys if those tossers at Rightmove are going to include it in their membership.
Wasn't Wigwam was also 1st generation Agency software that went out of business in about 1996/97?
Rayhan well-done with the app. I will certainly be trying it subject to it working with Expert Agent.
This industry requires smart individuals that move it forward in a way that no longer just inflates Rightmove's share price.
For this to happen people must support such ideas and creativity.
There are far to many negative people out there. I hope you succeed.
Mr Singh
My name is Rayhan; I am one of the team behind Wigwamm.
We've been quietly showing the prototypes for this app over the last fortnight and received some interesting feedback.
Most agents have existing software to propogate listings to various portals.
So while you could use the app to impress a landlord or vendor by getting their property onto Rightmove immediately, many agents have expressed starting with the auto-generated description and photos being sent via email so they can import into their systems.
So this is where we are starting: grab and go details, impress your landlord/vendor (no need for typing descriptions), and optional instant listing to Rightmove.
We will be releasing the app to early subscribers (free of charge) over the next few weeks. Please leave an email address at http://wigwamm.com for access to the app.
To address comments:
Wigwam??? - yes, there is a West Country agent: wigwamonline.
And anyone can be a letting agent. What's the difference between a living room agent and a high street agent? Our app gives you quality and speed. You can use the app in conjunction with Vebra; I promise you cannot do with Vebra what the Wigwamm Listing App does. Sign up at http://wigwamm.com and give the app a whirl. It would be great to hear your feedback once you've seen what it does.
quagmire - no need to replace your SLR (hopefully with wide angle lens). The app does two things well: quick detail input for auto-generated descriptions and quick photos. If you want to use an SLR with the app, then great. But hopefully the app will give you a good enough result that you won't need to lug around an SLR.
Anonymouse Coward - so the cameras is iPhones are good enough for amazing photos for the web. They're good for printed out property details too. But if you're printing glossy brochures, then no, you'd want/need an SLR. Considering most property marketing centres on the web and laser printed property details, an iPhone camera is just fine. The app comes with the ability to have professional editing of your photos, because the difference between good and bad photos isn't the camera; knowing how to frame and light a photo is the key - which is what the app helps get right.
And yes, the app will have MagicPlan integrated to create floorplans. It's easy to use, accurate and allows floorplans to be put together very quickly.
Blue - interesting thought with the EPC. The app is targeted at agents. Would an agent be accredited/allowed to conduct EPCs? I'll take a look at what is involved in putting an EPC together, but it doesn't seem like this is a major problem for people. If agents want to quickly conduct an energy efficiency assessment and are accredited, then it would make sense to do that on first view. It'll be interesting to see what software Energy Performance Assessors use.
Isn't there an agents called Wigwam???
Anyway one can already do this by putting photos onto Vebra Live from one's phone/Ipad etc.....
So I could of saved my self a couple of grand on a DLSR and lenes. Damm
And of course, the quality of photos taken on an iPhone are way superior to a proper camera.
Has an iPhone got a built in floorplan measuring tool as well?
Hope it spews out an Epc at the same time then.